Lawspet Assembly constituency

Lawspet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1][2] Lawspet Assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency. It is currently represented by M. Vaidianathan of the Indian National Congress in the fourteenth legislative assembly.

Lawspet
Constituency No. 11 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	32,359
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Vaithianathan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Pondicherry Assembly	Duration	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation		Election Year
Fourth	1977-80	N. Varadhan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1977
Fifth	1980-83	M. O. H. Farook		Indian National Congress	1980
Sixth	1985-90	M. O. H. Farook		Indian National Congress	1985
Seventh	1990-91	M. O. H. Farook		Indian National Congress	1990
Eighth	1991-96	P. Kannan		Indian National Congress	1991
Ninth	1996-2001	N. Kesavan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1996
Tenth	2001-06	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		Indian National Congress	2001
Eleventh	2006-11	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		Indian National Congress	2006
Twelfth	2011-16	M. Vaithianathan		All India N.R. Congress	2011
Thirteenth	2016-21	V. P. Sivakolundhu		Indian National Congress	2016
Fourteenth	2021-26	M. Vaithianatha		Indian National Congress	2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			55.60%
2016			46.89%
2011			51.79%
2006			43.03%
2001			38.51%
1996			54.40%
1991			61.51%
1990			53.00%
1985			60.36%
1980			78.68%
1977			47.73%
1974			39.21%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Vaithianathan	14,592	55.60%	8.71%
	BJP	V. Saminathan	8,891	33.88%	28.05%
	NTK	Nirmal Singh	1,168	4.45%
	MNM	D. Sathiyamoorthy	825	3.14%
	NOTA	Nota	423	1.61%	−0.47%
Margin of victory			5,701	21.72%	−3.18%
Turnout			26,245	80.67%	−3.07%
Registered electors			32,535		5.20%
	INC hold		Swing	8.71%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. P. Sivakolundhu	12,144	46.89%	22.71%
	Independent	M. Vaithianathan	5,695	21.99%
	AINRC	Nandha T. Saravanan	4,066	15.70%
	BJP	V. Saminathan	1,509	5.83%	−2.67%
	AIADMK	G. Anbanandam	797	3.08%
	CPI(M)	A. Anand	739	2.85%	−0.44%
	NOTA	None of the Above	538	2.08%
	NTK	S. Mani Bharathi	141	0.54%
Margin of victory			6,449	24.90%	−2.71%
Turnout			25,898	83.74%	0.90%
Registered electors			30,928		30.23%
	INC gain from AINRC		Swing	-4.90%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	M. Vaithianathan	10,189	51.79%
	INC	V. P. Sivakolundhu	4,757	24.18%	−18.85%
	Independent	Nandha Jaya Sridaran	2,230	11.34%
	BJP	R. V. Saminathan	1,672	8.50%	−16.36%
	CPI(M)	Ch. Balamohanan	647	3.29%
	Independent	G. Sathiaraj	108	0.55%
Margin of victory			5,432	27.61%	10.93%
Turnout			19,673	82.84%	2.20%
Registered electors			23,748		−54.07%
	AINRC gain from INC		Swing	8.76%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan	17,944	43.03%	4.52%
	AIADMK	G. Anandhamurugesan	10,986	26.35%	18.29%
	BJP	P. Kalayanasundaram	10,365	24.86%
	DMDK	S. Arunachalam	1,624	3.89%
	Independent	P. Vinothan	239	0.57%
Margin of victory			6,958	16.69%	10.83%
Turnout			41,700	80.65%	15.14%
Registered electors			51,708		0.75%
	INC hold		Swing	4.52%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan	12,929	38.51%	4.73%
	DMK	N. Kesavan	10,962	32.65%	−21.74%
	Independent	V. Elumalai	6,143	18.30%
	AIADMK	K. Kalaiselvi	2,703	8.05%
	Independent	A. Sasikumar	315	0.94%
	Independent	R. Perumal	163	0.49%
Margin of victory			1,967	5.86%	−14.76%
Turnout			33,573	65.51%	−0.64%
Registered electors			51,323		18.75%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-23.00%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Kesavan	16,442	54.40%
	INC	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan	10,211	33.78%	−27.73%
	CPI(M)	Sankaran	2,596	8.59%	−28.33%
	BJP	L. Karunakaran	359	1.19%
	Independent	V. Janakiraman	220	0.73%
	Independent	S. Anandan @ Loganathan	138	0.46%
Margin of victory			6,231	20.61%	−3.98%
Turnout			30,227	71.79%	5.64%
Registered electors			43,218		27.25%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-7.12%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Kanann	13,475	61.51%	8.51%
	CPI(M)	P. Sankaran	8,088	36.92%	−3.92%
	PMK	V. P. Raghupathy	186	0.85%	−3.76%
Margin of victory			5,387	24.59%	12.43%
Turnout			21,906	66.15%	−5.88%
Registered electors			33,963		1.71%
	INC hold		Swing	8.51%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. O. H. Farook	12,637	53.00%	−7.36%
	CPI(M)	P. Sankaran	9,738	40.84%
	PMK	P. Raghupathy	1,099	4.61%
	JP	B. Ilangovan	125	0.52%
Margin of victory			2,899	12.16%	−12.84%
Turnout			23,842	72.02%	−6.31%
Registered electors			33,391		77.35%
	INC hold		Swing	-7.36%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. O. H. Farook	8,804	60.36%
	DMK	S. Muthu	5,157	35.36%
	Independent	G. Veeraragavan	549	3.76%
	LKD	D. Selvam	76	0.52%
Margin of victory			3,647	25.00%	−35.05%
Turnout			14,586	78.33%	−4.55%
Registered electors			18,828		32.87%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	-18.32%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. O. H. Farook	8,980	78.68%
	AIADMK	G. Gopalakrishnan	2,126	18.63%	−29.10%
	Independent	A. Semon	226	1.98%
	Independent	M. Purushothaman	81	0.71%
Margin of victory			6,854	60.05%	39.30%
Turnout			11,413	82.88%	7.99%
Registered electors			14,170		11.75%
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	30.95%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Varadhan	4,477	47.73%	10.63%
	INC	M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar	2,530	26.97%
	JP	S. Ramalingam	1,638	17.46%
	DMK	P. Deivanayagam	735	7.84%	−31.37%
Margin of victory			1,947	20.76%	18.65%
Turnout			9,380	74.89%	−13.23%
Registered electors			12,680		22.56%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.52%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Lawspet^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. O. H. Farook	3,461	39.21%
	AIADMK	N. Varazhau	3,275	37.10%
	INC(O)	D. Annamalai	2,091	23.69%
Margin of victory			186	2.11%
Turnout			8,827	88.12%
Registered electors			10,346
	DMK win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district